UCIPD Spring Meeting March 16 at Douglas College - Revised

UCIPD Spring Meeting March 16 at Douglas College - Revised

by Elizabeth Wallace -
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Thanks to those members who pointed out a few errors in the earlier announcement. The following is the corrected version from Lin Langley at Douglas, with a gentle suggestion that arriving by Skytrain is advised for all who can!

University, College, Institute Professional Developers (UCIPD) of British Columbia

Spring Convening : Friday, March 16, 2007
Douglas College, New Westminster campus
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Greetings to the professional developers of British Columbia!
We look forward to meeting with you at Douglas College. Our thanks to Lin Langley and her team who have volunteered to host our meeting on Friday, March 16th at Douglas College, New Westminster campus.

To register, please contact Wendy Waidson waidsonw@douglas.bc.ca
Douglas College map links and directions are provided at the end of this message.

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Shape of the Day: Friday, March 16th, 2007

Meeting site: Douglas College: Board Room 4920- 4th floor of the South Building

8am to 9:15 am. Breakfast social hosted by Douglas College

No business; just time to socialize.

9:30 to 11:45 am Professional Development session

* Round table sharing - Reports : 5 minutes per institutional representative with time for question/answer

Suggested format:

* Bring some materials for people to take home that provide a broad overview of the variety of things you are doing - so that others can review this info later, and get back to you if they have specific questions.

* Plan to spend their 5 minutes talking about either new/different initiatives or some idea/program/concept you would like some quick feedback on from the group .

* Extending the UCIPD circle: How might we encourage greater UCIPD participation from northern BC and Interior?
* Expanding the UCIPD meeting planning team
* SCOPE Community- Liz Wallace (SFU) : 'how to' info, what's there, what can we build into the site, demo

11:45 am to 1:00 pm No-host lunch at a nearby restaurant @ reasonable cost

1:00- 2:15 Emerging PD initiatives in British Columbia

* BC Campus Report: Educational technology, online learning and collaborative provincial program of professional development
- Paul Stacey, Director of Development, BCcampus
- Jan Johnson, UBC /BCcampus secondment

2:30 to 3:15 Enhancing our Institutional Impact - Questions to Consider

* Evaluation of faculty development programs

* What can we do to make our offerings appeal to a wide audience?
* How do we learn about the needs of potential participants?
* Might we be alienating particular communities by how we advertise our offerings?

How do we avoid this?
* What kinds of collaborative activities could we create with other institutions to decrease the time & funding requirements for all of us?

3:15 Next meeting: Hosted by SFU Surrey campus. Date? 1 day or 1.5 /2 days? Focus?

3:30 Farewell/ Until next time......


Directions to Douglas College, New Westminster, BC, V3L 5B2 at
http://www.douglas.bc.ca/about/our-campuses/new_west_campus.html
Registration: No fee. Please register with:
Wendy Waidson waidsonw@douglas.bc.ca 604-527 5411